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Number 92: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1952
Price Five Ceuta
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Allied-Red Negotiators
Agree on Prisoner Exchange
Munsan, Korea, Feb. 13—O^PI-
Allied negotiators today accepted
a 60-doy limit on exchanging pris
oners and offered to compromise
their demands for supervising
Korean truce.
The .Communists had proposed
the GO-day limit. The exchange
period is to start when an armi
,slice is signed. The agreement
does not touch the key question
of voluntary repatriation.
More Time
he United Nations command
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wanted 30 days more than was al
lowed the Reds to complete the
exchange. The Reds list only 11,
559 men in Red ROW camps.
Allied staff officers negotiating
details for supervising a truce of
fered a two-point compromise:
(1) If Communists agree to ro
tating 40,000 troops a month in
addition to men on, temporary
leave, the Allies will drop two
demands the Reds oppose.
One of these would forbid shift
ing troops during a truce in
manner that could constitute an of
fensive threat. The other would
require weekly reports on the loca
tion of all major military units.
Reds originally agreed to rotat
ing 5,000 men monthly. They
have increased this to 30,000. Al
lies originally asked 75,000 includ
ing men on rest and recuperation
leave to Japjm.
(2) Both sides “meet headway”
on the number- of ports of entry
through which troops and arms
would move under neutral super
vision during a truce.
The Allies' had proposed eight.
Wednesday they cut it to seven.
Frogs to Attend
Freshman Ball,
Class Decides
Frogs will definitely be al
lowed to come to the Fish Ball,
announced Karl Mielke, pres
ident of the Freshman class.
Also invited are all seniors
with dates. -Freshman may attend
- with or without dates.
Tickets for the dance will be $2,
stag or couple. The Aggieland Or
chestra will play for the dance,
which will be from 8 to 12 Satur-
y night, March 1, in Sbisa Hall.
Deadline for turning in pictures
of candidates for Freshman Sweet
heart is Feb. 22. Pictures should
be turned in at the Student Ac
tivities office in Goodwin Hall.
Six" finalists will be chosen from
the pictures by the Freshman
class officers, committee chairmen,
and Pete Hardesty, business man-
)ger of Student Activities. A com-
mittee selected from the honor
guests attending the dance will
choose the Sweetheart in person.
fousiCommittee chairmen for the
'Wince arfe: Edgar Watkins, dance;
Ed Pennington, program; Jerry
Ramsey, sweetheart; Dick McCas-
land, ticket; Chuck Newman,
The Reds had proposed three
Tuesday they increased it to four.
There was no word from the
Communists when they would have
ready their new proposed solution
for the fifth and final item of
the armistice agenda. This deals
with recommendations to the gov
ernment concerned for a settle
ment of the Korean problem.
New Plan
The Reds promised Tuesday to
draft a new plan. It will be pre
sented to a full dress negotiating
session.
Meanwhile staff officers con
tinue working on details of the
other two unsettled armistice
clauses. But each is by-passing
the most troublesome issue.
These by-passed points are:
shall the Reds be allowed to re
pair bombed out airfields? Shall
prisoners of war have free choice
FngineersWeek
Announced
By Langford
“Engineers W e e ft” has
been proclaimed for the period
Feb. 17-23, Mayors George
Adams of Bryan, and Ernest
Langford of College Station,
announced yesterday.
This week has been set aside in
appreciation of the engineering
profession, Adams and Langford
said.
“So much is owed by all of us
to the comparatively few, who
make up this great profession,
who have pioneered, developed and
brought to fruition many of the
vast benefits to our economic, in
dustrial and social well being.
“They have helped with the pro
tection of life, health and property,
in the development of Agricultural,
petroleum and mineral resources,
ways and means of transportation,
water, power, light, sanitation and
communication systems, and con
servation of natural resources.
“It is therefore, fitting that we
ecognize and honor these bene
factors of mankind,” the mayors
concluded.
of whether they want to be ex
changed ?
Staff officers dealing with pris
oners agreed to skip over the
voluntary repatriation question
Thursday when they start going
over the 11-point Allied plan for
the second time.
A U. N. command communique
said staff negotiators have reached
such “substantial areas of accord”
they “will begin work on the final
draft” of the prisoner clause.
In Wednesday’s session they
spent considerable time discussing
the role of joint Red Cross teams.
The Reds have agreed to such
teams, but object to outlining their
functions in detail.
Slow
Col. George W. Hickman, Allied
staff officer, said the Communists
say too strict rules might slow
down the return of prisoners.
Allies told Communist negotia
tors there was no reason to assume
that Red Cross work would inter
fere with administrative activity in
POW camps or delay the exchange
of prisoners.
Hickman said it would not be
absolutely necessary for Red Cross
teams to do the jobs assigned to
them before POWs would be per
mitted to be exchanged. He told
the Reds:
“This would not be mandatory
for all prisoners. It would be idle,
for instance, to have the Red Cross
accompany General Dean to the
exchange point.”
He referred to Maj. Gen. William
F. Dean, former commander of the
U. S. 14th Division who was cap-
tured less than a month after the
Korean war began. It was the
first time Dean’s name was intro
duced into formal armistice dis
cussions at Panmunjom.
Probation Figures Show
Improvement Over 1950-51
The academic problems of stu
dents registered in the three prin
cipal schools of the college, En
gineering, Arts and Sciences, and
Agriculture have taken a turn for
the better, if comparison with rec
ords of last year are taken into
consideration.
In all three of the main college
schools the number of students on
academic probation decreased over
the 1950-51 school year figures.
Almost 23 per cent or 388 of
the 1,708 students enrolled in the
School of Engineering were placed
on probation while 190 undergrad
uate engineering students were
TSCW Hosts
Journalist Meet
March 20 - 22
Cotton Ball Club
Ducats Available
Any club or campus organization
who has not received an invitation
to the annual Cotton Ball and
Pageant, scheduled for April 26,
should contact Don Hegi in Dorm
12-116.
The annual spring pageant and
dance is sponsored by the Agrono
my Society.
The campus of TSCW will
be the site for the twenty-
second annual Southwest
Journalism Congress. The con
gress will begin on the after
noon of March 20 and last until
noon March 22..
Each year journalists from col
leges in the Southwest attend the
conference to discuss their achieve
ments and listen to noted speak
ers in the field of journalism. This
year’s program promises to pre
sent a sparkling list of big names
and is designed for “fun, fellow
ship and education that develops
when journalists gather,” says Pat
Powless, president of the confer
ence.
Bill Streich, Sid Abernathy, An
dy Anderson and Frank Davis
represented A&M last year when
the congress met at the Univer
sity of Oklahoma. Representatives
from TSCW, Texas University,
Texas Christian, Baylor, Southern
Methodist, University of Houston,
Louisiana State, Tulane, Oklahoma
University and Oklahoma A&M al-
so attended. So far this year’s
representatives from A&M have
not been chosen; however, D. D.
Burchard, head of the journalism
department, will accompany the
students who will attend.
The conference was originally
.slated for sometime in April, but
last year’s delegates felt that a
March date would be better for
attendance at conventions.
distignuished students. Nine stu
dents changed their courses to
some phase of engineering at the
end of the first semester.
Figures showing the number of
students on probation within the
School of Engineering compare
favorably with last year’s total.
From an enrollment of 2,343 last
year, 589, or almost 25 per cent
were on academic probation.
In the School of Arts and Sci
ences 144 students were placed on
the probation list last semester,
while 111 were classed as disting
uished students. During the same
period of tjie 1950-51 school year
there were 200 students in the
school on probation.
The School of Agriculture show
ed the smallest number of stu
dents on academic probation, but
also showed the smallest number
of distinguished students. Twenty
four students were placed on pro
bation and 16 were recognized as
distinguished students. Fourteen
students changed their course to
the School of Agriculture at the
close of the first semester.
Last year, the School of Agri
culture listed 41 students on pro
bation out of an enrollment of
1,517.
Shivers Appoints RVs
Represent Texas
Annual Mardi Gras
To
At
Don’t Be Alarmed;
They’re Not Dead
Notice! To anyone who
thought he saw bodies in the
Student Senate Chamber of
the MSG yesterday afternoon;
they were NOT, senators.
The “stiffs” laid out on the
senators’ desks were in reality
the dummies removed from the
Bowling Alley area to make
way for “Cafe Rue Pinalle.”
But to anyone just passing
by, the Senate Chamber had
taken on the appearance of the
Catacombs of Rome.
“Aw, ’twern’t nothing, I just took an old feed sack and got out my
needle and thread and had a new dress,” said Mrs. Warren Le-
Bourveau, who was crowned queen of the Lions Club Ladies
Night Monday for the best costume. Hef bashful beau is Lucian
Morgan who received a prize for being the best dressed) Lion at
the party.
Said to Be Different
Helmet Liners and Boots
Uniform for Combat Dance
By PHILIP GOUGLER
Battalion Staff Writer
Sophomores Cool Toward
Move to Freshman Area
By JOHN WHITMORE
Battalion Editor
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant,
indicated to the sophomores last
night, he was in favor of having
a limited number of sophomores
live with the freshmen.
He followed this statement up
with the comment “We’ll always
Basic Division. The Board of Di
rectors set it up, it was reported.
When the question of opening the
guests; and Don Zale, decorations, freshman area to all sophomores,
Colonel Davis said he favored four i straw vote was called for to see
Jacobson, Forell Talk
On RE Week
Prog
ram
Rabbi David Jacobson and Dr.
George W. Forell will be discussion
leaders for Religious Emphasis
Week, Feb. 17 to 22.
Rabbi Jacobson will live in Dorm
5 and will lead discussion for
Dorms 5 and 7. Dr. Forell will live
in Dorm 9 and will lead discussions
for Dorms 9 and 11. Both men
will be available for conferences
during the week.
Topics for the afternoon discus
sion sessions will be those already
selected by the students. Any sub
ject of interest will be discussed
during the evening sessions.
Classes will be dismissed one
hour each mohning during the
week to give every one a chance
.to attend the services held by Dr.
William E. Denham, principal
speaker.
Rabbi Jacobson is minister of the
Temple Beth-El in San Antonio,
where he is president of the San
Antonio Community Welfare Coun
cil and past president of the asso
ciation of Texas Rabbis.
He received his AB degree from
the University of Cincinnati in
1931, and his PhD from the Uni
versity of Cambridge, England, in
1936. He was ordained as Rabbi
by the Hebrew Union College in
1934.
Navy Chaplain
During the last war, Rabbi Jac
obson served as a Navy Chaplain.
He is the author of “Social Back
ground of the Old Testament,” and
he is a contributor to the Univer
sal Jewish Encyclopedia.
Rabbi Jacobson is also a member
of the Advisory Council of the At
lantic Union, Inc., and a director
of the Texas Safety Council.
Rabbi Jacobson comes to the
campus under the joint sponsorship
of the B’Nai B’Rith Hillel Founda
tion and the Jewish Cahutauqua.
Dr. Forell, educational secretary
of the National Lutheran Council,
was born in Breslau, Germany,
and was graduated from the Uni
versity of Vienna in Austria. He
is the fourth Lutheran pastor in
his family.
Doctor Forell came to the Uni
ted States in 1939, after his family
was forced to flee from the Nazi
government for aiding anti-Nazi
refugees. Here he attended the
Lutheran Theological Seminary at
(See SPEAKERS, Page 2)
sophomores in each freshman unit
which he considered being a better
balanced organization.
He said he would not approve
the so-caalled “opening the area
to all sophomores.”
The question arose during a
meeting held by representatives
sophomores, juniors and a senior,
the commandant and Col. E. W.
Napier, PAS&T. Grady Small
wood, commander of the Freshman
regiment, elaborated on the system
the second year men might follow
in being assigned to the regiment.
At the same time, it was re
ported, Smallwood listed the two
main benefits of going to the
Eighth regiment as being respon
sibility and experience in leader
ship. It is reported, he specified
the responsibility would not be
enough to “snow” a man.
Milk ’Em Dry
Smallwood is reported to have
said he was not trying to milk
the upperclassmen area dry of
good men, but he did want some
men who wanted to work.
Later in the meeting when a
Relay Engineers
Conference Set
Representatives of the electrical
industry from all over Texas and
many other states will meet at
A&M for the fifth annual Confer
ence for Protective Relay Engin
eers.
Prof. L. M. Haupt, chairman of
the program planning committee,
said leading engineers from both
Texas and out-of-state, have been
engaged to discuss various prob
lems of design, application and
operation of protective relay equip
ment as applied to electrical trans
mission lines aud electrical ma
chinery.
how many of the sophomores
present wanted to make the move,
two men stood up.
After Smallwood described the
methods of getting in the Fresh
man regiment, Colonel Davis, it is
reported, said there would be jun
ior positions for all of this year’s
Basic Division sophomores.
“Corp Will Live Together”
Corps Staff Junior Joe Wallace
said no list had been prepared to
date of all the sophomores who
would make the move. It is re
ported he said that eventually all
the corps would live together.
Wallace, it is reported, charged
the sophomores with shaping up
the corps. Along this line, Small
wood is reported to have said, a
man is molded into the kind of
Aggie he is going to be in his first
semester.
Sophomores who want to be as
signed to the Freshman regiment,
Smallwood said, should contact
their unit commander or one of the
Basic Division officers.
From the floor a sophomore
asked if the upperclass unit C.O.’s
were not going to recommend cer
tain sophomores to move to the
freshman area.
Plan Didn't Work
Colonel Davis is reported to have
said that was to have been the
original plan, but it was found out
later this method would not work.
Another man asked if the unit
commanders would not try to keep
the good men in the upperclassman
area and just send the “others.”
Colonel Davis is reported to have
said in the “Fish” area you can
prove to yourself whether or not
you are a leader of men.
He reportedly said, there would
only be seven seniors in an upper
classman unit — exclusive of the
staff men.
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Get out your cigarettes and
chocolate bars—your gal will love
you for this!
She will, that is, if she really
dresses and plays the part of a
liberated fraulein, Geisha gal,
French can-can floozy, or any for
eign belle that she’s supposed to
in the Combat Ball, scheduled
March 21, in Sbisa Hall.
Don’t laugh. Your evening at
tire will be equally “different.”
The standard Combat Arms, Ar
mor, Artillery, and Infantry uni
form for the dance will be fatigues,
combat boots, and helmet liners in
keeping with the prevailing spirit
and tactics of these service branch
es.
Persons not appropriately dress
ed will be “sentenced to hard
labor” in the Internment Com
pound.
“Military Genius”
Lew Jobe, program chairman,
announced that negotiations with
the l T nited Nations have been com
pleted so that a “military genius
from one of the countries behind
the iron bath curtain can attend.”
It is believed this noted traveler
will match wits with the leading
Combat Arms instructors, Jobe
said.
It has been rumored from the
boys in blue that a personal repre
sentative of the Air Force will be
present for the ball,” Jobe said.
“This aviator is a veteran of
three wars and noted for his
Time Change Made
By MSC Art Studio
Starting next week, the MSC art
studio will be open from 7 to 10
Monday and Tuesday nights, and
from 1 to 4 Tuesday afternoons to
all interested students and staff
members.
The change in times was made
by the MSC Art Gallery Commit
tee, to accommodate- students who
found it impossible to come to the
studio on Mondays and Wednes
days.
Mrs. Emalita Newton Terry ex
pressed the hope that more stu
dents would find a chance to work
in the studio under the new time
set-up.
youth and daring skill. His air
victories are fabulous. I have heard
that he is on an 11th hour recruit
ing mission to the ground troops,”
he added.
Decorations
Decorations will be in hamony
with front line positions of the
various branches. In the case of
an enemy attack on an unguard
ed flank, plenty of foxhole space
and hand grenades will be handy.
The Aggieland Orchestra, under
the direction of Bill Turner, will
offer various selections during the
evening.
All corps seniors with dates
are invited if they are properly
dressed for the occasion.
Tickets will be available at the
Student Activities office beginning
March 3. Admission is $1 per
couple.
Free TB X-Ray
Scheduled Here
March 21 - 29
All student, employees of
the A&M System, residents
of College Station, and all
children over 15 years of age
are eligible for a free, confi
dential chest X-Ray from March
21-29.
The Tuberculosis Division of the
State Health Department will op
erate an X-Ray machine in the lob
by of the YMCA continuously from
9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. on these dates
except for March 22 and 23, Sat
urday and Sunday.
If a person’s X-Ray does not
show signs of tuberculosis, he is
sent a postcard. If evidence of
tuberculosis is discovered, the per
son is sent a letter telling him to
see a doctor,
W. L. Penberthy, dean of men,
is chairman of the survey for the
college and Mrs. W. M. Dowell
is chairman for College Station.
“We want every one in this area
15 and over to have an X-Ray,
regardless of whether or not they
have had one within the past year,”
Penberthy said. “Last year, a few
people whose X-Rays the year be
fore were clear showed signs of
tuberculosis.”
Selection of committees has been
announced by J. W. “Doggy” Dal-
ston, Jim Anderson, and Roy
Striekert, all regimental command
ers of the Infantry, Artillery, and
Armor-Engineers respectively.
The invitation committee is
composed of: Bill McSpadden,
chairman; Frank Spreen, Jim Hul-
se, and Bibb Underwood.
Entertainment committee: Lew
Jobe, chairman; Chico Mason, Ed
Sick, Paul Shaffer, Bob Davis,
Ted Stephens, and Cody Milligan.
Guest committee: Dick Ingels
and John Coolidge.
Decoration Committee: Dave
Carnahan and Don Austin, co-
chairmen; Bob Lincecum and Bob-
Calloway.
Ticket sales committee: Dave
Wolf and John Clifford, co-chair
men; Wiley Phillips, Frank Wood,
Charley Davis, Granville Edwards,
Teddy Hirsch, Bill Neal, and Bud
VanCleave.
Music procurement: Jack Craig,
Harold Huges, and Tom Savage.
Refreshment committee: Bob
Collier, chairman; Bill Hollowell,
Doug Riff, and Belvin Harrison.
Publicity committee: Jug Jack-
son, chairman; Bob Brown, Dave
Leahy, and Jim Lehman.
By BILL STREICH
Battalion Managing Editor
Gov. Allan Shivers has officially |
designated the Ross Volunteers to i
represent the state of Texas at
the annual Mardi Gras celebration |
in New Orleans, Feb. 19-26. Dick :
Ingels, commander of the organi
zation, said last night.
The letter from Governor Shiv- !
ers was received yesterday morn- |
ing, Ingels said. In part the let- |
ter reads:
“It gives me great pleasure to
designate this fine organization
to represent the state of Texas at
the Mardi Gras.”
During the New Orleans cele- j
bration, the RV’s will be the offi- :
cial honor escort for King Rex, I
king of the celebration. A letter
from the New Orleans Rex Organ
ization to Ingels extended the in
vitation to the local group.
One of Ten Parades
The Rex Parade Feb. 26 which
is only one of ten similar events i
on the Mardi Gras program, is
the final parade of the celebra
tion. It is also the main parade of
the Mardi Gras, Ingels added.
“On the morning of the parade
a masked horseman will meet us
at our assembly area and direct
us to the king’s float,” the Ross
Volunteer commander said. “The
float will be the last one in the
parade and the RV’s will march on
all sides of it.”
While in New Orleans, the Ross
Volunteers will be quartered in
housing areas at the Port of Em-
barcation. They will be served
meals at the officer’s mess there.
Official permission from the col
lege for members of the military
organization to miss classes for
the Mardi Gras was granted by a
committee composed of W. L. Pen
berthy, dean of men; Col. Joe E.
Davis, commandant and coordina
tor of military training; and Dr.
C. C. French, dean of the college,
$300 Donated
In addition, President M. T. Har-
ington has promised the Ross Vol
unteers $300 to defray the cost of
the trip. The organization’s mem
bers will travel to the Crescent
City in private cars, Ingels added.
New Orleans Superintendent of
Police Joseph L. Scherering in
formed Ingels that an escort would
be provided on the morning of
the Rex parade to make certaii?
the RV’s would get to the assem<
bly point in time to march.
“During the parade we will per
form the manual of arms whila
marching and the singing cadence,”
the RV commander said.
Entertainment Planned
The A&M New Orleans club is
planning entertainment for the
RV’s while they are there, In
gels added. John Cuthrell, presi
dent of the A&M ex-students in
New Orleans, said that group
would try to secure admission to
some of the Mardi Gras dances
for the Ross Volunteers and also
plan a special party for the visit
ing Aggies.
In addition, the New Orleans
group is attempting to raise funds
to help pay for part of the Ross
(See RVs, Page 4)
Film Society’s First
Show Meets Approval
A capacity crowd of more than
200 people packed the YMCA
Chapel last night to see the first
presentation by The A&M Film
Society of “Stanley and Living
stone.”
“That certainly was a good
movie,” one person remarked, ask
ing, “When is the next one?”
The film was viewed by people
who had not seen the movie be
fore, and people who wanted to
see it again. This illustrates one
of the reasons for having the Film
Society, according to Ed Holder,
chairman.
“Jane Eyre” will be the next
movie scheduled by the society. It
will be'shown sometime in March,
Holder said.
The gripping story of “Stanley
and Livingstone” told of one man’s
fight to bring light to the dark
continent, and how that light came
I through the efforts of a news
paper reporter to get a story.
Stanley went to Africa because
James Gordon Bennett, publisher
of The New York Herald, wanted
to scoop the London Globe which
had erroroneously reported Dr.
Livingstone to be dead.
The Herald reporter got his
story, but the impact of what Liv
ingstone was trying to accomplish
in Africa, led him to forsake his
chosen field of journalism to
trudge into the African wilds after
the footsteps of Dr. Livingstone
who died.
The A&M Film Society plans to
present eight movies this spring
in addition to others which may be
shown by popular request. Tickets
to the Film Society are $1 and
can still be purchased in the Of
fice of Student Activities in Good
win Hall, Holder said.